MER 2012: Conference Program

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

T1 - Achieving Enterprise Content and Records Management with SharePoint

Jonathan Brandenburg Gimmal Group

Susan Cisco, Ph.D. Gimmal Group

John Holliday SharePoint Architects, Inc.

John Isaza, Esq. IGS Information Governance Solutions

Karen Strong Gimmal Group

Brad Teed Gimmal Group

Kurt Thies Iron Mountain

Sue Trombley Iron Mountain

Marcia Zweerink, Ph.D. Cohasset Associates, Inc.

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

T2 - Social Media Governance: A Program for Practitioners

Jesse Wilkins AIIM

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

T3 - ESI Information Governance: The Fundamentals

Christine Burns Cohasset Associates, Inc.

Carol Stainbrook Cohasset Associates, Inc.

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

T4 - The Essentials of Information Technology - for RIM and Legal Professionals

John Collins The Ingersoll Firm

Jake Frazier IBM

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

A La Carte Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM

Conference Opening

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

S01 - The Information Tsunami: Where We Are and How to Move Forward

Jim Coulson Huron Consulting Group

Andy Moore KMWorld Magazine

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Mid-Morning Beverage and Snack Break

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

S02 - ERM Software: Historic Timeline, Lessons Learned, Current Issues, Future Focus

Bruce Miller RIMtech Inc.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Late Morning Beverage and Snack Break

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

S03 - OPENING KEYNOTE: A Conversation with Judge Shira Scheindlin on the Past, Present, and Future of E-Discovery

Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin United States District Judge, Southern District of New York

Kenneth Withers, Esq. The Sedona Conference®

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Seated Lunch

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

S04 - Retention & ESI - Paths to Success - Part One

Christine Burns Cohasset Associates, Inc.

Carol Stainbrook Cohasset Associates, Inc.

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

S05 - CASE STUDY: Leveraging Content Analytics to Kick-Start your Information Governance Initiative

Kristi Perdue Viewpointe

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

S06 - Will Technology-Assisted Predictive Modeling and Auto-Classification End the Burden of 'End User' in Records Management?

Jason R. Baron, Esq. National Archives and Records Administration

Dave Lewis, Ph.D. David D. Lewis Consulting, LLC

3:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Afternoon Beverage and Snack Break

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

S07 - Retention & ESI - Paths to Success - Part Two

Christine Burns Cohasset Associates, Inc.

Carol Stainbrook Cohasset Associates, Inc.

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

S08 - Transforming RIM to 'Responsible Information Management'

Karen Strong Gimmal Group

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

S09 - ERM Case Law: The Latest News, Trends, and Issues

Kenneth Withers, Esq. The Sedona Conference®

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Networking reception, featuring Butler-passed hors d’eouvres and hosted house bar

7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Breakfast with the Exhibitors Buffet

8:30 AM to 9:45 AM

S10 - Navigating Change: ARM your GPS (GARP®) to Drive Successful Information Governance

Galina Datskovsky, Ph.D. Autonomy

Robert Williams Cohasset Associates, Inc.

Marcia Zweerink, Ph.D. Cohasset Associates, Inc.

8:30 AM to 9:45 AM

S11 - The Do's and Don'ts of Managing Social Media

Sara Meaney Comet - Hanson Dodge

Jesse Wilkins AIIM

8:30 AM to 9:45 AM

S12 - A Talk with the Fox - Before He Gets Into the Hen House: How I Would Attack Your Electronic Records Management Program in Discovery & Trial

Steven Teppler, Esq. Time Certain, LLC

10:15 AM to 10:45 AM

Morning Beverage and Snack Break

10:45 AM to 12:00 PM

S13 - RIM for the Next Generation: A Call to Action

Charles R. Booz Information Governance, Inc.

Julia Brickell H5

Mike Salvarezza LRN

10:45 AM to 12:00 PM

S14 - Building and Using SharePoint-Friendly File Plans

John Holliday SharePoint Architects, Inc.

10:45 AM to 12:00 PM

S15 -CASE STUDY: Spoliation - The Actual Case As It Was To Be Argued in Court - Until It Settled Just Before Trial

Richard Cowen, Esq. Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis

Robert Feldmeier, Esq. Schiff Hardin

Ron Hedges Ronald J. Hedges LLC

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Deli plated lunch

1:30 PM to 2:45 PM

S16 - CASE STUDY: Implementing Successful Information Governance Amidst Industry Economic Challenges and a Decentralized Global Service Culture

Bonnie McClinton Halliburton

Anne Tulek Access Sciences Corporation

1:30 PM to 2:45 PM

S17 - Big Data Requires Big ERM!

Richard (Dick) Fisher Cohasset Associates, Inc.

1:30 PM to 2:45 PM

S18 - Records and Information Management: What Healthcare Should be Learning From Other Information Intensive Industries

Ron Hedges Ronald J. Hedges LLC

Linda Kloss Kloss Strategic Advisors, Ltd.

Deborah Kohn Dak Systems Consulting

2:45 PM to 3:15 PM

Afternoon Beverage and Snack Break

3:15 PM to 4:30 PM

S19 - CASE STUDY: e-RIM Success with Structured Data Systems

Laurie Fischer Fischer Associates, LLC

3:15 PM to 4:30 PM

S20 - Analytics: The New Way to Manage e-Records

Marcia Zweerink, Ph.D. Cohasset Associates, Inc.

3:15 PM to 4:30 PM

S21 - "Corporate Alzheimer's": The Impending Crisis in Accessing Digital Records and Data

Christine Ardern

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Chartered Bus to Chicago Yacht Club-Networking Reception

7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Light Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM to 10:00 AM

S22 - Closing Keynote - Information Management and the Power of Positive Destruction

John Jessen Jessen and Associates, Inc.

Hon. Craig B. Shaffer U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Colorado

Carol Stainbrook Cohasset Associates, Inc.

Kenneth Withers, Esq. The Sedona Conference®

9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Morning Beverage and Snack Break

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

S23 - Right-sizing Your Information Footprint by Chucking Your Dead Data

Randolph A. Kahn, Esq. Kahn Consulting, Inc.

Jonathan Redgrave, Esq. Redgrave LLP

11:30 AM to 11:45 AM

MER 2012 Adjourns